A Christmas Carol
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Cornersteady replied on 23/12/2019 20:48
Oneputt replied on 23/12/2019 21:11
ABM replied on 23/12/2019 22:35
Cornersteady replied on 23/12/2019 22:56
peedee replied on 24/12/2019 07:24
cyberyacht replied on 24/12/2019 08:01
Oneputt replied on 24/12/2019 08:54
Posted on 24/12/2019 08:54
Peeing on a grave and bad language, I don't think the genius Charles Dickens included stuff like that in his books. Only watched 1 episode so far and I think the BBC has managed to somewhat devalue the original story. Further episodes will tell if I change
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Rocky 2 buckets replied on 24/12/2019 09:41
Posted on 24/12/2019 09:41
Superb, their(creators) remit was to bring Scrooge into the modern era & that was done with stunning effect. I found the writing & acting left me feeling hollow so was it’s power. I’ve enjoyed all & every version I’ve watched but this one is the most powerful. Another piece of the jigsaw was put in place as Scrooge the boy sat in that coach with his sister post boarding school. Truly horrific in its unspoken pain.
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Cornersteady replied on 24/12/2019 11:29
Posted on 24/12/2019 11:29
You may know it's part of GCSE Literature and I would say there isn't a school anywhere that doesn't have wall displays on it, and it's the staple last week of term English lesson watching the video, while all us poor maths teachers can do is get the class to add up all the gifts in the 12 twelve days of Christmas (it's 364 btw), you can imagine which lesson is the more popular.
Some English teachers say they prefer the George C Scott version as being the most accurate to the book having more dialogue from it, personally I think it has the best Scrooge but not the best other actors like Bob and Mrs Cratchit (which I think Miss Piggy does a better job on)
I wonder how this version will go?
Everyone have a great Christmas and ... God bless us everyone.
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